Deputy Registered Manager – Children’s Residential Home
Liquid PersonnelLeicester, England, United Kingdom · Posted 6 months agoDescription
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Deputy Registered Manager to join a warm, child‑centred residential service supporting children and young people aged 8–17 who have experienced trauma, disrupted attachments, and emotional or behavioural challenges.
You’ll be joining a well‑established, nurturing provider committed to delivering high‑quality, therapeutic care within a homely, stable environment. The home prides itself on consistency, positive relationships, and helping young people build resilience and achieve meaningful progress.
Working closely with the Registered Manager, you’ll play a key role in leading the team, shaping practice, and ensuring the home continues to meet the highest standards of care and compliance.
Key responsibilities
- Support the Registered Manager in the day‑to‑day running of the home, ensuring it operates in line with Children’s Homes Regulations and Quality Standards.
- Provide strong leadership to the staff team, modelling best practice, supervising staff, and promoting a positive, child‑focused culture.
- Oversee care planning, risk assessments, and behaviour support strategies to ensure young people receive safe, consistent, and therapeutic care.
- Contribute to audits, quality assurance processes, and regulatory compliance, ensuring the home is always inspection‑ready.
- Build effective relationships with young people, families, professionals, and external agencies to promote positive outcomes and stability.
- Support with rota management, recruitment, training, and development of the team.
Essential requirements
- Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or equivalent) – Level 5 Leadership & Management desirable or willingness to work towards it.
- Strong understanding of Children’s Homes Regulations (2015) and Quality Standards.
- Experience working within a children’s residential setting, ideally in a senior or supervisory role.
- Ability to lead, motivate, and develop a team.
- Full UK driving licence.
Benefits
- Comprehensive training and ongoing professional development
- Support to complete Level 5 Leadership & Management
- Clear career progression pathway
- Employee assistance programme
- Competitive annual leave entitlement
- Additional pay enhancements for on‑call or sleep‑ins (if applicable)
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.
BH - 196668
GH - 34138
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